Talayotic culture enters the world heritage of humanity - Menorca

Talayotic culture enters the world heritage of humanity - Menorca

Prehistoric sites in Talayotic Menorca Located on the island of Menorca, in the western Mediterranean, these archaeological sites are located in agropastoral landscapes. Testimony to the occupation of the island by prehistoric populations, these sites present a diversity of prehistoric settlements and burial sites. The materials, shapes and locations of the structures date from the Bronze Age (1600 BC) to the Late Iron Age (123 BC) and show the evolution of a “Cyclopean” architecture composed of very imposing blocks of stone. Clear astronomical orientations and visual interconnections between prehistoric structures indicate the existence of networks with possible cosmological significance. More than 1,500 Talayotic archaeological sites have been inventoried on an island of barely 700 km². Prehistoric remains including megalithic tombs, towers (Talayots), funerary navetas, monumental circular houses, necropolises, towns and taulas (monuments on which the mystery of their original meaning still prevails) withou

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                    Talayotic culture enters the world heritage of humanity - Menorca

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                      Talayotic culture enters the world heritage of humanity - Menorca

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